Explanation of referees decisions (2nd match day, 2nd phase)

Thursday, 23 March 2023
Explanations from the Cyprus Referee Commitee, regarding to the Referees team decisions from the 2nd round (B' phase) of Cyprus Cyta Championship. 

The situations which are explained, are only situations in which  VAR correctly or incorrectly intervened or did not  intervened, or did not intervene, in relation to the referees decision, according to the VAR protocol. 

ARIS – AEK, 37th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: GOAL  
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION – VAR REVIEW  – CANSELLED THE GOAL / OFFSIDE  
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW : CANSELLED THE GOAL – OFFSIDE
EXPLANATION: ASSISTANT REFEREE AND REFEREE FOLLOWED THE OFFSIDE VAR  PROCEDURE, DELAY THE FLAG IN THE VERY TIGHT SITUATION DECIDED TO PLAY ON  AND  AWARDED THE GOAL. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, PERFORMED THE OFFSIDE LINE PROCEDURE CORRECTLY, AND USING  TRIANGULATION METHOD CORRECT SOLUTION OBTAINED BY SOFTER .  VAR INTERVENED  ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL ,CORRECTLY. REFEREE AFTER VAR REVIEW CHANGED THE DECISION , CORRECTLY


DOXA – KARMIOTISSA, 8th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION – ON FIELD  REVIEW – PENALTY KICK  - HANDBALL
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD  REVIEW : PENALTY KICK
EXPLANATION: THE ATTACKER PLAYER  AND    DEFENDER PLAYER TRY TO PLAY  THE BALL WHICH  COMES FROM THE DISTANCE. DEFENDER AFTER  LEAVES HIS ARM OUT OF THE BODY AND ABOVE THE SHOULDER   IN WHICH THE BALL HITS. REFEREE FROM HIS POSITION   DID NOT  SEE   THIS SITUATION  AND DECIDED PLAY ON , INCORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION,  FOUND A CLEAR EVIDENCE  FOR HANDBALL OFFENCE AND INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR  PROTOCOL ,CORRECTLY. THE  REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW CHANGED THE DECISION, CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR  HANDBALL OFFENCE: THE PLAYER TAKES A RISK  TO PUT    HIS  ARM  IN THE POSITION  TO BEING PENALISED IF THE HAND BEING HIT BY THE BALL
-ARM OUT OF THE BODY
-ARM IN UNNATURAL POSITION
-BALL CLEARLY  HITS   THE  HAND 
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Akritas - ENP, 24th minute

REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION – ON FIELD  REVIEW – PENALTY KICK  - HANDBALL
REFEREE AFTER VAR  REVIEW : NO PENALTY KICK – NO HANDBALL OFFENCE 
CORRECT DECISION: PENALTY KICK
EXPLANATION:  DEFENDER  PLAYER No 5  CLEARLY , FIRST WITH RIGHT AND THEN WITH HIS  LEFT ARM  PLAYS  THE BALL IN FRONT OF ATTACKER IN THE PENALTY BOX. REFEREE FROM HIS POSITION   DID NOT  SEE   THIS SITUATION  AND DECIDED PLAY ON , INCORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION,  FOUND A CLEAR EVIDENCE  FOR HANDBALL OFFENCE AND INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR  PROTOCOL ,CORRECTLY. THE  REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW DID NOT  CHANGE THE DECISION, INCORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR  HANDBALL OFFENCE:
- CLEAR MOVEMENT  ARM TOWARDS TO THE BALL
- BALL PLAYED BY ARM
VIDEO ΑΚΡΙΤΑΣ - ΕΝΠ 24ο λεπτό

APOLLON – OMONOIA 43RD minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK  
VAR:  VAR CONFΙRMATION
EXPLANATION: ΑTTACKER  PLAYER  GETS A BALL FIRST IN THE PENALTY BOX  .DEFENDER  PLAYER TRIED TO PLAY THE BALL , DID NOT TOUCH THE BALL AND  TRIPPING THE ATTACKER BECAUSE OF WHICH THE ATTACKER FALLS.  REFEREE   AWARDED THE PENALTY KICK , CORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION  AND CONFIRMED THE REFEREE DECISION ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY.
VIDEO ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ - ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ 43ο λεπτό

Nea Salamina - AEL 19th minute

REF INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK   
VAR: VAR CONFIRMATION
EXPLANATION:  DEFENDER  PLAYER IN  SLIDDING START  FROM THE BEHIND TRIES  TO PLAY THE BALL , KICK“S  THE ATTACKER IN THE  LEG  ,WITHOUT  TOUCH THE BALL , AND  TRIPPING HIM .  REFEREE FROM VERY GOOD  POSSITION  AWARDED THE PENALTY KIICK , CORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION  AND CONFIRMED THE REFEREE DECISION ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY.
VIDEO ΝΕΑ ΣΑΛΑΜΙΝΑ - ΑΕΛ, 19ο λεπτό

Olympiakos - Anorthosis, 68th minute

REF INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK   
VAR: VAR CONFERMATION   
ATTACKER  PLAYER  HAD A CLEAR POSSESION OF THE BALL  IN THE PENALTY BOX . DEFENDER  PLAYER TRIED TO PLAY THE BALL , DID NOT TOUCH THE BALL AND  TRIPPING THE ATTACKER BECAUSE OF WHICH THE ATTACKER FALLS.  REFEREE   AWARDED THE PENALTY KICK , CORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION  AND CONFIRMED THE REFEREE DECISION ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY.
VIDEO ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ - ΑΝΟΡΘΩΣΗ 68ο λεπτό

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